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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA004 - Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS THIS DECLARATION, made on the date hereinafter set forth by CYCLONE REALTY COMPANY and BUILT-RITE HOMES, INC. , hereinafter referred to as "Declarant" . WITNESSETH WHEREAS, Declarant is the owner of certain property in Ames, County of Story, State of Iowa, which is more particularly described as : See Schedule "A" , attached hereto and made a part hereof. WHEREAS, Declarant hereby declares that all of the properties described above shall be held, sold and conveyed subject to the following easements, restrictions , covenants, and conditions, which are for the purpose of protecting the value and desirability of, and which shall run with, the real property and be binding on all parties having any right, title or interest in the described properties or any part thereof, their heirs, successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of each owner thereof . ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS SECTION 1. "Association" shall mean and refer to Blueridge Homeowners Association, its successors and assigns. SECTION 2 . "Owner" shall mean and refer to the record owner, whether one or more persons or entities, of a fee simple title to any Lot which is a part of the Properties, including contract sellers, but excluding those having such interest merely as security for the performance of an obligation. SECTION 3. "Properties" shall mean and refer to that certain real property hereinbefore described, and such additions thereto as may hereafter be brought within the jurisdiction of the Association. SECTION 4 . "Common Area" shall mean all real property (including the improvements thereto) owned by the Association for the common use and enjoyment of the owners. The Common Area to be owned by the Association at the time of the conveyance of the first lot is described as follows : Outlot A-A SECTION 5. "Lot" shall mean and refer to any plot of land shown upon any recorded subdivision map of the Properties with the exception of the Common Area. SECTION 6. "Declarant" shall mean and refer to CYCLONE REALTY COMPANY and BUILT-RITE HOMES, INC. , its successors and assigns if such successors or assigns should acquire more than one undeveloped Lot from the Declarant for the purpose of development. ARTICLE II PROPERTY RIGHTS SECTION 1. Owners ' Easements of Enjoyment. Every owner shall have a right and easement of enjoyment in and to BOOK ! PAGE 19-- I� _2_ the Common Area which shall be appurtenant to and shall pass with the title to every Lot, subject to the following provisions: (a) the right of the Association to charge reasonable admission and other fees for the use of any recreational facility situated upon the Common area; (b) the right of the Association to suspend the voting rights and right to use of the recreational facilities by an owner for any period during which any assessment against his Lot remains unpaid; and for a period not to exceed 60 days for any infraction of its published rules and regulations; (c) the right of the Association to dedicate or transfer all or any part of the Common Area to any public agency, authority, or utility for such purposes and subject to such conditions as may be agreed to by the members. No such dedication or transfer shall be effective unless an instrument agreeing to such dedication or transfer signed by 2/3rds of each class of members has been recorded. SECTION 2 . Delegation of Use. Any owner may delegate, in accordance with the Bylaws, his right of enjoyment to the Common Area and facilities to the members of his family, his tenants, or contract purchasers who reside on the property. ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS SECTION 1. Every owner of a Lot which is subject to assessment shall be a member of the Association. Membership shall be appurtenant to and may not be separated from ownership of any Lot which is subject to assessment. SECTION 2. The Association shall have two classes of voting membership: Class A. Class A members shall be all Owners, with the excep iot n of the Declarant, and shall be entitled to one vote for each Lot owned. When more than one person holds an interest in any Lot, all such persons shall be members. The vote for such Lot shall be exercised as they determine, but in no event shall more than one vote be cast with respect to any Lot. Class B. The Class B member (s) shall be the Declarant and shall be entitled to three (3) votes for each Lot owned. The Class B membership shall cease and be converted to Class A membership on the happening of either of the following events, whichever occurs earlier: (a) when the total votes outstanding in the Class A membershp equal the total votes outstanding in the Class B membership, or (b) on December 31, 1985. ARTICLE IV COVENANT FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS SECTION 1. Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation of Assessments+. The Declarant, for each Lot owned within the Properties, hereby covenants, and each Owner of any Lot by acceptance of a deed therefor, whether or not it shall be so expressed in such deed, is deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the Association; (1) annual assessments or charges, 8001K V PAGE_l. -3- and (2) special assessments for capital improvements, such assessments to be established and collected as hereinafter provided. The annual and special assessments, together with interest, costs, and reasonable attorney' s fees, shall be a charge on the land and shall be a continuing lien upon the property against which each such assessment is made. Each such assessment, together with interest, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees, shall also be the personal obligation of the person who was the Owner of such property at the time when the assessment fell due. The personal obligation for delinquent assessments shall not pass to his successors in title unless expressly assumed by them. SECTION 2. Purpose of Assessments . The assessments levied by the Association shall be used exclusively to promote the recreation, health, safety, and welfare of the residents in the Properties and for the improvement and maintenance of the Common Area, and of the homes situated upon the properties. SECTION 3. Maximum Annual Assessment. Until January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the maximum annual assessment shall be FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS ($420. 00) per Lot. (a) From and after January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the maximum annual assessment may be increased each year not more than 5% above the maximum assessment for the previous year without a vote of the membership. (b) From and after January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the maximum annual assessment may be increased above 5% by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of each members who are voting in person or by proxy, at a meeting duly called for this purpose. (c) The Board of Directors may fix the annual assessment at an amount not in excess of the maximum. SECTION 4 . Special Assessments for Capital Improvements . In addition to the annual assessments authorized above, the Association may levy, in any assessment year, a special assessment applicable to that year only for the purpose of defraying, in whole or in part, the cost of any construction, reconstruction, repair or replacement of a capital improvement upon the Common Area, including fixtures and personal property related thereto, provided that any such assessment shall have the assent of two-thirds (2/3) of the votes of each class of members who are voting in person or by proxy at a meeting duly called for this purpose. _SECTION 5 . Notice and Quorum for Any Action Authorized Under Sections 3 and 4. Written notice of any meeting called for the purpose of taking any action authorized under Section 3 or 4 shall be sent to all members not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days in advance of the meeting. At the first such meeting called, the presence of members or of proxies entitled to cast sixty percent (60%) of all the votes of each class of membership shall constitute a quorum. If the required quorum is not present, another meeting may be called subject to the same notice requirement, and the required quorum at the subsequent meeting shall be one-half (1/2) of the required quorum at the preceding meeting. No such subsequent meeting shall be held more than 60 days following the preceding meeting. SECTION 6 . Uniform Rate of Assessment. Both annual and special assessments must be fixed at a uniform rate for all Lots and may be collected on a monthly basis except BOOMt _ PAGE 3 -4- as to any special charges assessed against a Lot Owner for noncompliance with other provisions of these Declarations. SECTION 7. Date of Commencement of Annual Assessments: Due Dates. The annual assessments provided for herein shall commence as to all Lots on the first day of the month following the conveyance of the Common Area. The first annual assessment shall be adjusted according to the number of months remaining in the calendar year. The Board of Directors shall fix the amount of the annual assessment against each Lot at least thirty (30) days in advance of each annual assessment period. Written notice of the annual assessment shall be sent to every Owner subject thereto. The due dates shall be established by the Board of Directors. The Association shall, upon demand, and for a reasonable charge, furnish a certificate signed by an officer of the association setting forth whether the assessments on a specified Lot have been paid. A properly executed certificate of the Association as to the status of assessments on a Lot is binding upon the Association as of the date of its issuance. SECTION 8. Effect of Nonpayment of Assessments : Remedies of the Association. Any assessment not paid within thirty (30) days after the due date shall bear interest from the due date at the rate of 12 percent per annum. The Association may bring an action at law against the Owner personally obligated to pay the same, or foreclose the lien against the property. No owner may waive or otherwise escape liability for the assessments provided for herein by non-use of the Common Area or abandonment of his Lot. The Board of Directors of the Association may cause a lien to be placed against any Lot for nonpayment of assessments as follows: (a) A thirty (30) day written notice of said delinquency shall be given the Lot Owner. (b) If said delinquent assessment is not paid within said thirty (30) days, a Notice of Nonpayment of Assessment shall be served on the Lot Owner in the same manner as an Original Notice setting forth the Lot Owner, the Lot number, the unpaid assessment and the costs of serving the same plus attorney fees. If the same is not paid in thirty (30) days, the said Notice together with proof of service and affidavit of nonpayment may be filed in the County Recorder' s Office, Story County, Iowa, where the same shall be a lien against the Lot until paid plus interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum. The lien may be foreclosed in the same manner as other liens or mortgages. (c) All Lot Owners by acceptance of a deed to their Lot contractually agree to be bound by the terms of this paragraph and to all the terms and obligations of these Declarations. (d) In lieu of the above, the Board may file a lawsuit against any Lot Owner for nonpayment of assessments plus reasonable attorney fees, court costs and interest. SECTION 9. Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages. The Lien of the assessments provided for herein shall be subordinate to the lien of any first mortgage. Sale or transfer of any Lot shall not affect the assessment lien. However, the sale or transfer of any Lot pursuant to mortgage foreclosure or any proceeding in lieu thereof, shall extinguish the lien of such assessments as to payments which became due prior to such sale or transfer. No sale or transfer shall relieve such Lot from liability for any assessments thereafter becoming due or from the lien thereof. BOOK PAGE ARTICLE V ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL No building, fence, wall or other structure shall be commenced, erected or maintained upon the Properties, nor shall any exterior addition to or change or alteration therein be made until the plans and specifications showing the nature, kind, shape, height, materials, and location of the same shall have been submitted to and approved in writing as to harmony of external design and location in relation to surrounding structures and topography by the Board of Directors of the Association, or by an architectural committee composed of three (3) or more representatives appointed by the Board. In the event said Board, or its designated committee, fails to approve or disapprove such design and location within thirty (30) days after said plans and specificiations have been submitted to it, approval will not be required and this Article will be deemed to have been fully complied with. ARTICLE VI GENERAL PROVISIONS i SECTION 1. Enforcement. The Association, or any Owner, shall have the right to enforce, by any proceeding at law or in equity, all restrictions, conditions, covenants , reservations, liens and charges now or hereafter imposed by the provisions of the Declaration. Failure by the Association or by any Owner to enforce any covenant or restriction herein contained shall in no event be deemed a waiver of the right to do so thereafter. SECTION 2. Severability. Invalidation of any one of these covenants or restrictions by judgment or court order shall in no wise affect any other provisions which shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. Amendment. The covenants and restrictions of this Declaration shall run with and bind the land, for a term of twenty (20) years from the date this Declaration is recorded, after which time they shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years. This Declaration may be amended during the first twenty (20) year period by an instrument asigned by not less than ninety percent (90%) of the Lot Owners, and thereafter by an instrument signed by not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the Lot Owners. Any amendment must be recorded. SECTION 4. Annexation. Additional land within the area described as Lot 26 Gateway Hills, Ames, Iowa may be annexed by the Declarant without the consent of members wihin five years of the date of this instrument provided that the FHA and the VA determine that the annexation is in accord with the general plan heretofore approved by them.e . SECTION 5. FHA/VA Approval. As long as there is a Class B membership, the following actions will require the prior approval of the Federal Housing Administration or the Veterans Administration: Annexation of additional properties, dedication of Common Area, and amendment of this Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions. ARTICLE VII EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE In addition to maintenance upon the Common Area, the Association shall provide exterior maintenance upon each Lot which is subject to assessment hereunder, as follows : paint the exterior building surfaces and repair, replace and care for gutters, downspouts, and other exterior improvements. Such Exterior maintenance shall not include glass surfaces, shingles, screens, grass, trees, shrubs, decks, fences, or any concrete surfaces such as patios, driveway and private BOOK 1 -3-tPAGE -6- sidewalks when they are on the owner' s Lot. In the event that the need for maintenance or repair of a lot or the improvements thereon is caused through the willful or negligent acts of its owner, or through the willful or negligent acts of the family, guests or invitees of the owner of the lot needing such maintenance or repair, the cost of such exterior maintenance shall be added to and become part of the assessment to which such lot is subject. In the event an Owner of any Lot on the Properties shall fail to maintain the premises and the improvements situated thereon in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Directors, the Association, after approval by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Board of Directors, shall have the right, through its agents and employees to enter upon said parcel to repair, maintain and restore the Lot and the exterior of the buildings and any other improvements erected thereon. The Board of Directors shall be authorized to do and carry out this provision, only after giving five (5) days written notice to the Owner, setting out in such Notice what is required to be done. The cost of such exterior maintenance shall be added to and become part of the assessments to which such Lot is subject. The Homeowners Association shall cut the grass on all of the Common Area and also remove the snow from all driveways and Common Area. The Association shall maintain all utility lines outside of the individual lots and maintain the parking lot. ARTICLE VIII PARTY WALLS SECTION 1. General Rules of Law to Apply. Each wall which 'is built as a part of the original construction of the homes upon Properties and placed on the dividing line between the Lots shall constitute a party wall, and, to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of the Article, the general rules of law regarding party walls and liability for property damage due to negligence or willful acts or omissions shall apply thereto. SECTION 2. Sharing of Repair and Maintenance. The cost of reasonable repair and maintenance of a party wall shall be shared by the Owners who make use of the wall in proportion to use. SECTION 3. Destruction by Fire or Other Casualty. If a party wall is destroyed or damaged by fire or other cause, any Owner who has used the wall may restore it, and if the other Owners thereafter make use of the wall, they shall contribute to the cost of restoration thereof in proportion to such use without prejudice, however, to the right of any such Owners to call for a larger contribution from the others under any rule of law regarding liability for negligent or willful acts or omissions. SECTION 4. Weatherproofing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, an Owner who by his negligence or willful act causes the party wall to be exposed to the elements shall bear the whole cost of furnishing the necessary protection against such elements. SECTION 5. Right to Contribution Runs With Land. The right of any Owner to contribution from any other Owner under this Article shall be appurtenant to the land and shall pass to such Owner' s successors in title. SECTION 6. Arbitration. In the event as to any dispute arising concerning a party wall, or under the provisions of this Article, each party shall choose one arbitrator, and ;BOOK PAGE LILL -7- such arbitrators shall choose one additional arbitrator, and the decision shall be by a majority of all the arbitrators. SECTION 7. Encroachment. Upon any party wall, there may be an encroachment of not more than six inches in laying the foundation upon an adjoining Owner's Lot so that the footing on which rests the party wall, may extend not more than six inches over on the property owned by said Lot Owner. There may further be an encroachment of not more than two (2) feet in any roof overhang so that a roof overhang belonging to one Lot Owner may hang not more than two (2) feet over from the property of an adjoining property Owner where there is a difference in the height of the two adjoining buildings. ARTICLE IX RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF LAND SECTION 1. Each Lot in the Properties is hereby restricted to residential use and uses related to the convenience and enjoyment of such residential use. No structure of a temporary character, trailer, tent, shack, garage, barn or other outbuildings shall be used on any portion of any Lot or Block at any time as a residence, either temporary or permanent. Any violation of this Section shall be cause for a temporary or permanent injunction to be granted by the Court against that person or persons violating the said Section as well as a judgment against that person or persons for costs, interest and reasonable attorney fees. SECTION 2. Animals Prohibited. No animals, livestock, poultry or horses of any kind shall be raised, bred, kept, or used on any Lots, blocks, or Common Area except that dogs, cats or other household pets may be kept, provided they are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose. In no event shall such animals be kept on any Lot or block if they unreasonably disturb the Owner or residents of any other Lot or block. All animals shall be confined on the Owner' s Lot or block and for the mutual benefit of all the Owners, no animal shall be allowed or permitted on the Common Area, except when on a leash or when in direct and constant control of the Owner thereof or a member of his family. SECTION 3. Advertising Prohibited. No advertising signs except one of not more than two (2) square feet "For Rent" or "For Sale" sign per Lot) , billboards, unsightly objects, or nuisances shall be erected, placed or permitted to remain on any Lot or block, nor shall any Lot or block be used in any way for any purpose which may endanger the health or unreasonably disturb the Owner of any Lot or block or any resident thereof. No business activities of any kind whatsoever shall be conducted on any Lot or on any portion of any Lot, provided further, however, that the foregoing covenants shall not apply to the business activities, signs and billboards or the construction and maintenance of structure, if any, of the Declarant during the construction and sale period, and of the Association, in furtherance of its powers and purposes as set forth herein. SECTION 4. Screening Required. Equipment, trash cans, garbage cans, service yards, wood piles, and storage piles shall be kept screened by adequate planting or fencing so as to conceal them from view of neighboring Owners of Lots or blocks. All rubbish, trash or garbage shall be regularly removed from each Lot and block, and shall not be allowed to accumulate thereon. No trash burning shall be permitted on any Lot or block. SECTION 5. Planting and Gardening Prohibited. Except in the individual backyard areas, no planting or gardening BOOK PAGE _� f -8- shall be done, and no fences, hedges, or walls shall be erected or maintained upon any Lot or block, except such as planted or installed in accordance with the initial construction of the improvements on any Lot or block, or as approved by the Association. SECTION 6. Antennas Prohibited. No exterior television or radio antennas of any sort shall be placed, allowed or maintained on any portion of the improvements to be constructed upon any Lot or block. SECTION 7. Automotive Repair Prohibited. No automotive repair or rebuilding or any other form of automotive manufacture, whether for hire or otherwise, shall occur on any Lot, block or Common Area or driveway in the said subdivision. SECTION 8 . No snowmobiles, motor carts, motorbikes, motorcycles, minibikes or any other motorized recreational vehicle shall be allowed in Common Area. SECTION 9. Any Lot Owner who shall sell, convey or dispose of his or her interest in any Lot shall be required to notify the Board of Directors of the Association of said sale within thirty (30) days of said sale and furnish a copy of said deed or contract along with the name of the new Owner. The Lot Owner who shall sell or dispose of his or her interest shall turn over and assign to the new owner his share of stock in said Association and his or her copy of the Declaration and Articles of Incorporation. ARTICLE X EASEMENTS _SECTION 1. Easement for Minor Encroachments. Each Owner of any Lot covenants that if any portion of any improvement, whether the same be an improvement of an Owner or of the Association encroaches upon a Lot, a valid easement for the encroachment and for the maintenance of same, so long as it now stands, shall and does exist. In the event an improvement is partially or totally destroyed and reconstructed, each Owner of any Lot further covenants at that time that minor encroachments of any portion of an improvement, whether of an Owner or of the Association, upon a Lot due to construction shall be permitted, and that a valid easement for said encroachment and the maintenance thereof shall exist. SECTION 2 . Association Easement. Each Owner of any Lot covenants that the Association or its designees shall have an easement in, on, across, over and under such Lot to permit the Association to effect any desired or necessary maintenance or repairs, including but not limited to, the maintenance and repairs listed in Article VII hereof, or the installation of such items as are common to all Owners. ARTICLE XI COVENANT FOR INSURANCE SECTION 1. Casualty-Insurance on Insurable Common Area. The Association shall keep all insurable improvements and fixtures of the Common Area insured against loss or damage by fire for the full insurance replacement cost thereof, and may obtain insurance against such other hazards and casualties as the Association may deem desirable. The Association may also insure any other property whether real or personal, owned by the Association, against loss or damage by fire and such other hazards as the Association may deem desirable, with the Association as the owner and beneficiary of such BOOK _� PAGE Lk- -9- insurance. The insurance coverage with respect to the Common Area shall be written in the name of, and the proceeds thereof shall be payable to the Association. Insurance proceeds shall be used by the Association for the repair or replacement of the property for which the insurance was carried. Premiums for all insurance carried by the Association are Common Expenses included in the Common Assessments made by the Association. In addition to casualty insurance on the Common Area, the Association, through the Board of Directors, may elect to obtain and continue in effect, on behalf of all Owners, adequate blanket casualty and fire insurance in such form as the Board of Directors deems appropriate in an amount equal to the full replacement value, without deduction for depreciation or coinsurance, of all of the Dwelling Units, including the structural portions and fixtures thereof, owned by such Owners. Insurance premiums from any such blanket insurance coverage, and any other insurance premiums paid by the Association shall be a Common Expense of the Association to be included in the regular Common Assessments of the Owners, as levied by the Association. The insurance coverage with respect to the Dwelling Units shall be written in the name of, and the proceeds thereof shall be payable to the Association as Trustee for the Homeowners. SECTION II. _Replacement or Repair of Property. In the event of damage to or destruction of any part of the Common Area Improvements, the Association shall repair or replace the same from the insurance proceeds available. If such insurance proceeds are insufficient to cover the costs of repair or replacement of the property damaged or destroyed, the Association may make a Reconstruction Assessment against all Lot Owners to cover the additional cost of repair or replacement not covered by the insurance proceeds , in addition to any other Common Assessments made against such Lot Owner. In the event that the Association is maintaining blanket casualty and fire insurance on the Dwelling Units on the Lots in the Properties, the Association shall repair or replace the same from the insurance proceeds available. SECTION III . Annual Review of Policies. All insurance policies shall be reviewed at least annually by the Board of Directors in order to ascertain whether the coverage contained in the policies is sufficient to make any necessary repairs or replacement of the property which may have been damaged or destroyed. ARTICLE XII This Declaration further provides the following information: 1. There will be not less than 18 lots and not more than 72 lots in the Development. 2 . The number of each Townhouse and its approximate area and number of rooms in each are all set out in the attached Schedule "B" , attached hereto and made a part hereof, which shows all of this necessary information. 3. The Common Area will consist of Outlot A-A. All persons owning a Lot in Blueridge First Addition shall BOOK PAGE 13J- -lo- be entitled to the use of the Common Area. The Common Area will be sodded and landscaped, except the drive which shall be asphalt. 4. There are no limited common elements and facilities and all Owners or Co-owners have the full right to use any and all of the Common Area and Facilities. 5. Each Owner or Co-owner shall own his, her or their own Lot and shall have one share of stock for each Lot owned in the Blueridge Homeowners Association. The Association shall own all of the Common Area and improvements thereon consisting of Outlot A-A. Any conveyance, sale or transfer by any Lotowner of Class A membership of his, her or their Lot shall automatically transfer and assign to the new Lotowner his, her or their interest in the share of stock in the Association as to that Lot and the previous Owner shall have no further rights in connection with said Association as to that share of stock. The sale or conveyance whether by contract or deed of any lot owned by a Class A member to a new owner shall be sufficient notice for the Secretary of the Association to change and transfer the share of stock in said Association to the new owner and no further assignment or transfer of the share of stock in said Association shall be necessary. This shall not apply to the sale or conveyance of a Lot for the purpose of securing a mortgage. 6. Each Owner or Co-Owner shall be required to rebuild, repair and restore any unit which has been damaged or destroyed in all or in part and shall maintain fire and casualty insurance in the amount of the full replacement value, without deduction for depreciation or coinsurance. ARTICLE XIII The Board of Directors shall employ a person or business concern for the following specific purposes and to keep accurate and current records thereof : 1. To see that Lot Owners have full coverage of insurance on their Lot sufficient to cover replacement costs and that the same is in force in accordance with Article XI or XII and that a Certificate of Insurance is on file with the Association. 2. To see that all assessments are paid promptly when due and to notify the Board monthly of any delinquency by any Lot Owner. 3. To maintain a current list of all Lot Owners and to make any changes in said list by virtue of sales and conveyances to new Lot Owners. In this regard the said person or concern employed by the Board may need to check the County records on a periodic basis to determine if there has been any sale or conveyance to a new Lot Owner of which they have not been notified. 4. Such other matters as the Board may deem necessary. ARTICLE XIV No recreational vehicles, travel trailers, pickup trucks with camper on back, motor homes, fold-down campers or such other type of recreational vehicle shall be allowed on any Lot or Common Area for more than 48 hours. 900K 17g PAGE..LiL ARTICLE XV The Declarant shall deed the common area to the Homeowners Association subject to the following provisions : (a) The Homeowners Association must be set up before the dwellings are conveyed. (b) Membership must be mandatory for each home-buyer and any successive buyer. (c) The open space restrictions must be permanent. (d) The Homeowners Association must be responsible for liability insurance pertaining to the common ground and the real estate taxes, if any, associated therewith; and with the maintenance of any recreational or other facilities located thereon. ARTICLE XVI Electric, gas and water meters shall not be enclosed and shall be kept accessible at all times. Fences shall have gates with provisions for entrance by meter readers without special tools or keys. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Declarant herein, has hereunto set their hand and same being done on this -/C4 day of 19 8 0. CYCLONE REALTY COMPANY BUILT-RITE HOMES, INC. B BY: c� LAD GVOVE- 7 N President and Secretary President BY: Secretary STATE OF IOWA, STORY COUNTY, ss: On this VI. day of -;Z, � A.D. 1980, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa, personally appeared LAD GROVE, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is the president and secretary, respectively, of said corporation executing the within and foregoing instrument that no seal has been procured by the said corporation; that said instrument was signed on behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors; and that the said LAD GROVE as such officers acknowledged the execution of said instrument to be the voluntary act and deed of said corporation, by it and by him voluntarily executed. p MARYA.";'z . MY U,,!i �,�N t NOTARY PUBLIC in and for Y"' said County and State -12- STATE OF IOWA, POLK COUNTY, ss : .�/) On this q day of C. L-� , A.D. 1980, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the Stat of Io , personally appeared GARY RYUN and ,i C ate, to me personally known, who, being -by me duly sworn, did say that they are the president and secretary, respectively, of said corporation executing the within and foregoing instrument, that no seal has been procured by the said corporation; that said instrument was signed on behalf of said corporation by authority of its Boa d of irector ; nd that the said GARY RYUN and C , such officers acknowledged the execution of said instrument to be the voluntary act and deed of said corporation, by it and by them voluntarily executed. 9 30 4s ,V NOTARY PUBLIC in and for 01/ said County and State � � z �A> • •C� a \ BOOK ..L�. -- PAGE- =L=4&-= EXHIBIT "A" Legal description to Blueridge Plat I (a replat of Lot 26 Gateway Hills) Ames, Story County, Iowa. That portion of Lot 26 in the official Plat "The Gateway Hills" , in the City of Ames, Story County, Iowa described as follows : Commencing at the NE corner of Lot 26 ; thence South 308 . 21 feet along the East side of said Lot 26 on a curve concave to the SW through a central angle of 23142 ' 49" to the Point of Beginning; thence South 54 . 59 feet along the Easterly line of Lot 26 on a curve concave to the SW through a central angle of 4111157" to a P.T. of a tangent curve having a radius of 744 . 87 feet; thence South 8019147" E. , 179. 81 feet along the Easterly line of Lot 26 to P.C. of a tangent curve having a radius of 343 . 04 feet; thence i South 14 . 84 feet along a curve concave to the East through a central angle of 2*28143" to the NW corner of the intersection of Mortensen Parkway and Little Bluestem Court; thence Westerly 375 . 17 feet along a curve concave to the NE having a radius of 370. 00 feet through a central angle of 58°05145" to a P.T. , said curve being the North side of Little Bluestem Court; thence Northerly 75. 09 feet along a curve with a radius of 50. 00 feet concave to the East to a P.T./P.C. ; thence Northerly 18 . 71 feet along a curve concave to the NW having a radius of 178. 24 feet; thence N 75000 ' E. , 116 . 57 feet to a point (set with a 5/8" rebar and cap #5931) ; thence S 15000 ' E. , 9. 0 feet to a point (set with a 5/8" rebar and cap #5931) thence N 75°00" E. , 193. 22 feet to the Point of Beginning. (P.O.B. ) BOOK eAGE � 1�-- ! r EXHIBIT "B" TOWNHOUSE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF NUMBER OF LOT SQUARE FEET BEDROOMS BATHROOMS Lot 1 1500 3 2 1/2 2 1332 3 1 " 3 1020 2 1 " 4 1224 2 1 1/2 " 5 1500 3 2 1/2 6 1332 3 1 7 1020 2 1 " 8 1224 2 1 1/2 9 1224 2 1 1/2 " 10 1040 2 1 11 1328 3 1 12 1500 3 2 1/2 " 13 1500 3 2 1/2 " 14 1328 3 1 15 1040 2 1 " 16 1328 3 1 17 1040 2 1 18 1224 2 1 1/2 In addition, every Townhouse also contains a kitchen, a full basement, a two car garage and a living/dining room. Page 1 of 1 s0 OK jY-L PA GFE ..jq2-